Hear this parable—how a wicked thief was cutting a hole at the bottom of a wall.
این مثل بشنو که شب دزدی عنید ** در بن دیوار حفره میبرید
Some one half-awake, who was ill, heard the soft tapping of his (pick),2800
نیمبیداری که او رنجور بود ** طقطق آهستهاش را میشنود
And went on the roof and hung his head down and said to him, “What are you about, O father?
رفت بر بام و فرو آویخت سر ** گفت او را در چه کاری ای پدر
All is well, I hope. What are you doing (here) at midnight? Who are you?” He said, “A drummer, O honourable sir.”
خیر باشد نیمشب چه میکنی ** تو کیی گفتا دهلزن ای سنی
“What are you about?” He said, “I am beating the drum.” He (the sick man) said, “Where is the noise of the drum, O artful one?”
در چه کاری گفت میکوبم دهل ** گفت کو بانگ دهل ای بوسبل
He said, “You will hear this noise to-morrow, (namely) cries of ‘Oh, alas!’ and ‘Oh, woe is me!’”
گفت فردا بشنوی این بانگ را ** نعره یا حسرتا وا ویلتا
That (story of the hare and the elephant) is a lie and false and made up; moreover, thou hast not perceived the secret (the esoteric meaning) of that falsehood.2805
آن دروغست و کژ و بر ساخته ** سر آن کژ را تو هم نشناخته
The answer to the parable which the unbelievers related concerning the hare's being sent as ambassador with a message to the elephant from the Moon in heaven.
جواب آن مثل کی منکران گفتند از رسالت خرگوش پیغام به پیل از ماه آسمان
Know that the hidden nature of that hare is the insolent Devil who came as an ambassador to thy soul,
سر آن خرگوش دان دیو فضول ** که به پیش نفس تو آمد رسول
In order that he might deprive thy foolish soul of the Water of Life whence Khizr drank.
تا که نفس گول را محروم کرد ** ز آب حیوانی که از وی خضر خورد
Thou hast perverted its (the parable's) meaning, thou hast uttered blasphemy: prepare thyself for the sting (of Divine chastisement).
بازگونه کردهای معنیش را ** کفر گفتی مستعد شو نیش را